Dr. Richard Hobday, author of The Light Revolution and The Healing Sun will be speaking at EuroSciCon's "Infection prevention in hospitals" meeting on May 16th at BioPark Hertfordshire.

Dr. Hobday is a leading authority on the history of sunlight therapy and has many years' experience of solar design in buildings . In his talk 'Lighting and Fighting Infection' he will discuss contemporary medical research which confirms that sunlit environments can be healthier and safer than those that exclude the sun. To book a place at this meeting please visit http://www.regonline.co.uk/infection08.

As the early registration deadline has passed, just use the following code - expert - to get 50% off the registration fee. Please note: ONLY 5 DISCOUNTED REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE AND THESE WILL BE GIVEN ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS. This discount does not apply if you have already registered or with any other offer. 

Other talks include: 

The History of Infection Control - Dr Rajinder Pnaiser, (Chair)

Hospital Accquired Infections A surgeon's Point of view - Mr Debashis Ghosh, Leicester Royal Infirmary

Monitoring eradication of MRSA by silver-based fabrics - Dr Fatih Awad-El-Kariem, University of Hertfordshire

Is there an association between antimicrobial resistance genes with qacA/B genes in Staphylococcus aureus? - Azra Khan, City Hospital Birmingham, UK

Infection in the Intensive Care Unit - Dr Dipankar Bose, Critical Care Consultant

Avoiding infection in hospital - Mrs Lizzie Robinson, Infection Control Nurse, UK   There is still time to submit an abstract - those accepted for poster and oral presentations will also be published in the proceedings. There will be a prize for the best poster. Abstract guidelines can be found at http://www.euroscicon.com/absguidlines.html